Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, whom President Reagan appointed to the US Supreme Court in 1981, retired in 2006 to spend time with her husband, Jay, who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. John Jay O'Connor died in November 2009.
Justice Stephen Breyer is currently an Associate Justice on the US Supreme Court. President Bill Clinton appointed Breyer in 1994, to succeed Justice Harry Blackmun, who retired. Breyer is considered one of the progressive members of the Court.
Sandra Day O'ConnorRonald Reagan appointed the first woman to serve as a justice of the US Supreme Court, Sandra Day O'Connor. She was sworn in on September 25, 1981, and retired in 2006.
The Chief Justice presides over the US Supreme Court. At present, the Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court is John G. Roberts, Jr.
President George H. W. Bush appointed Justice David Hackett Souter to the US Supreme Court in 1990. Souter retired in 2009 and was succeeded by Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
Sandra Day O'Connor, who was commissioned in 1981 under President Ronald Regan, retired in 2006. She was replaced on the U.S. Supreme Court in 2006 by Samuel Alito, after the failed nomination of Harriet Miers.
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was a member of the US Supreme Court until January 31, 2006; Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the only woman on the Court after Justice O'Connor retired. Ginsburg remained the only female US Supreme Court justice until President Obama appointed Justice Sonia Sotomayor in 2010.
On September 25, 1981 Sandra Day O'Connor was sworn in as the first female justice of the US Supreme Court. She retired in 2006.
Justice John Paul Stevens, who joined the Court in 1975 and retired in June 2010.
He can be addressed as Mister, Sir, or (as a matter of courtesy) Mister Justice.
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Sonia Sotomayors is Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Sandra Day O'Connor (born March 26, 1930) is a retired Supreme Court Justice. She was the first woman appointed to be a Justice of the US Supreme Court; President Reagan appointed her in 1981. She served till 2006.
Justice John Paul Stevens retired from the US Supreme Court on June 29, 2010. President Gerald Ford appointed Stevens to the Court in 1975.For more information, see Related Questions, below.
yes she was the first female judge in the supreme court of India
Unfortunately, as of 2010, there have been no female African-American Supreme Court Justices.Until fairly recently, the Supreme Court consisted primarily of white men. Two African-American men have served on the Court:Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall (retired June 1991, deceased)Associate Justice Clarence Thomas (still seated)We have also had three female Justices on the Court:Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (retired 2006)Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (still seated)Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor (joined court in 2009)Sonia Sotomayor is Latina.
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Justice Stephen Breyer is currently an Associate Justice on the US Supreme Court. President Bill Clinton appointed Breyer in 1994, to succeed Justice Harry Blackmun, who retired. Breyer is considered one of the progressive members of the Court.